Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn is urging Government to give Barbadians control of the energy sector.
He said it would not make sense to end Canadian-owned Barbados Light & Power Company Limited’s (BL&P) long-standing monopoly only to let other foreign investors take control of energy production.

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) wants answers about Barbados’ foreign debt policy.
President Verla De Peiza made the appeal yesterday, in response to the information on this country’s economic performance in the first half of 2019, which was recently presented by Governor of the Central Bank Cleviston Haynes.

The names of those recommended to become new judges in Barbados should go to Prime Minister Mia Mottley in a few days.
Attorney General Dale Marshall gave an update on the matter while addressing journalists during the Barbados Association of Journalists and Media Workers’ Annual General Meeting yesterday at the Argentina Embassy, Hastings, Christ Church.

Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Cynthia Forde says they have compiled a list of issues to present to Prime Minister Mia Mottley at an urgent meeting of stakeholders in the transport sector tomorrow.
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No individual before the courts for murder, or a firearms offence punishable by at least ten years in prison, will be considered for bail within two years after they were charged – except in special circumstances.
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Government is introducing a one week gun amnesty from April 7 as the authorities seek to get firearms off the streets.
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Dale Marshall announced that members of the public would have until midnight on April 13 to turn...
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Three years in, the United Progressive Party (UPP) will have a new leader later this week.
Founder and first-time chairman, attorney Lynette Eastmond, has stepped down.
Eastmond confirmed yesterday she would not be offering herself for re-election when members...
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Barbados is hopeful that it will be removed from the Organisation For Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) blacklist as a tax haven.
On Wednesday Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Mia Mottley shared part of the correspondence between the island and the...
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Disney World Caribbean, a monorail, zip lines, revamping Farley Hill and Graeme Hall and a greater focus on cruise tourism are all a part of the Opposition Leader’s suggestions for improving Barbados’ tourism offering.
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Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn believes that Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s 2019 budget was not one for the poor people.
He was speaking to THE NATION shortly after Leader of the Opposition Bishop Joe Atherley began his reply.
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Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley wants to know Government’s position as it relates to the Hilton Hotel.
Atherley, in his Budget Reply in the House of Assembly today, said while members of the Government would not be selling the hotel, located at Needham’s...
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Warning that fixing Barbados would not be a sprint, Prime Minister Mia Mottley last night delivered a marathon Budget Speech offering tax relief and policies intended to kick-start the economy.
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A budget that was overly long, lacked details and was not satisfying.
That’s Leader of the Opposition Bishop Joseph Atherley’s impression of Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s five-and-a-half-hour Budget today.
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The restructuring of LIAT is continuing, says Prime Minister Mia Mottley.
In her Budget presentation today in the House of Assembly, Mottley said they were making some progress in this exercise.
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Sweet deals have come to an end.
This is the promise of Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley who said Government was in the process of renegotiating public contracts which she described as expensive and untendered.
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